ABI Prism® 7900HT Sequence Detection System ... - OpenWetWare
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Basic Software Skills Tutorial<br />
About This Tutorial This tutorial will:<br />
♦ Teach you to create, save, print, export, and import SDS plate documents<br />
♦ Familiarize you with the basic components of the SDS software interface<br />
♦ Explain how to customize and arrange the user interface to suit your needs<br />
♦ Teach you to use the hand-held bar code reader<br />
♦ Provide you with time-saving devices to increase your effectiveness on the SDS<br />
software<br />
Lesson 1: Using<br />
Plate Documents<br />
Using the Online Version of the Basic Skills Tutorial<br />
The SDS Online Help features a version of this tutorial. If you prefer to follow the<br />
online tutorial open the SDS Online Help as follows:<br />
Step Action<br />
1 If not already active, launch the SDS software as explained on page 3-7.<br />
The SDS software workspace appears.<br />
2 From the Help menu, select SDS Online Help.<br />
3 When the SDS Online Help appears, select Basic Skills Tutorial from the list of<br />
options.<br />
4 Follow the directions displayed on your screen.<br />
Everyplaterunonthe<strong>ABI</strong>PRISM <strong>7900HT</strong> <strong>Sequence</strong> <strong>Detection</strong> <strong>System</strong> requires the<br />
creation of a plate document within the SDS software. A plate document is a virtual<br />
representation of a consumable used to contain samples and reagents during a<br />
sequence detection run. The software uses the plate document to coordinate the<br />
operation of the instrument (thermal cycling and data collection), to organize and store<br />
the data gathered during the PCR, and to analyze the run data.<br />
The SDS software can produce the two types of plate document files described in the<br />
table below.<br />
Plate Document File Extension Description<br />
<strong>ABI</strong> PRISM SDS<br />
Single Plate<br />
<strong>ABI</strong> PRISM SDS<br />
Template Document<br />
*.sds SDS Single Plate Documents are the primary file you<br />
will use. They are generated for every kind of<br />
experiment and are generally used to run plates.<br />
*.sdt Although optional, templates are useful as<br />
time-saving devices for experiments where samples<br />
are run on plates with identical assay configurations.<br />
The exercises on the following pages will familiarize you with the use of SDS plate<br />
documents.<br />
Getting Started 3-11